Shilpa Shinde quits 'Bhabi Ji...' because of mental torture, makers send legal notice

In a blatant display of high handedness, leading lady of Television series ‘Bhabhi ji Ghar Par Hai’ actress Shilpa Shinde has refused to report on the sets to shoot the episodes leaving the hapless producers of the show in the lurch. Aggravating the matter further, the actress has also been bad mouthing the production house and the channel claims a source from the production house. Extremely upset with the actress, the makers of the show have slapped a legal notice on her and also filed a formal complaint against her at CINTAA.

Commenting on the issue, producer of the show, Benaifer Kohli says, “Shilpa’s claims about we not giving her the remuneration because she has refused to abide by the ‘exclusivity clause’ signed with us are baseless. Matter of fact, Shilpa had entered into an agreement with us on September 2014 and that her artist fee has been increased two times till now on her demand. Furthermore, she has been in breach of the contractual terms by reporting late for shoots, ordering her own costumes while there was a designated leading designer for her. She has been arm twisting us to give in to all her demands which we readily did even though such demands are contrary to the terms of the agreement she has entered into with us. Then also she has been defaming us unnecessarily.”

Elaborating further on the exclusivity clause issue, Kohli adds, “Shilpa wants us to allow her to take up projects on competing channels. When it was pointed out to her that the contract she has signed clearly stated an ‘exclusivity clause’, the actress blatantly said she never had any intention to adhere to terms of exclusivity. Post this incident, she has been threatening to quit the show if we do not waiver the exclusivity clause. This is not the first time we have put up with her unprofessional attitude. It has now reached a point where it cannot be tolerated anymore. She has made us fire our staff several times. She even took money to buy stuff like shoes, jewellery and makeup. We supported her in every manner and in turn we receive such false allegations. It’s not fair”.

Reacting on the legal notice and the allegations leveled against her by the makers, Shilpa says, “I am not a newcomer why will I sign a exclusivity clause in the first place. I am very sure I did not sign any such thing. They are showing me some paragraph and claiming that I have signed the exclusivity clause. But that’s not true. I am sure they have forged the contract papers to frame me. How can they say I have not been reporting on the sets when they themselves have been frantically scouting for my replacement and not even informing me about the shoots? Secondly they were behind my life to play the character of Angoori when other actors were not ready to play the part. They forced me to come on board. If I was so full of tantrums why did they take me for the show?”

Opening up further the actress adds, “All this is so shocking. I gave my soul to the show. Their allegations are steer mental torture. Let them say what they have to. I want to see how low they will stoop. They have not bought me in any way and can’t force me for anything. I haven’t even signed Kapil’s show. I don’t know why they have been accusing me of breaching the clause. You only tell me how can I work with them in this condition? They should be banned for harassing me. I don’t want to say anything more. I will also seek legal help”